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WIC Review and Caseload Discussion
National Nutrition Month
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WIC Goals FFY17
• To reduce the potential for vendor fraud and abuse
• To assure that state and local staff deliver effective nutrition services that improve the health status of clients
• To increase breastfeeding initiation and duration rates among infants participating in WIC
• To successfully maintain the Crossroads management information system (MIS) in NC
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WIC Goals FFY17
• To ensure local WIC agency staff are qualified and competent managers of WIC services
• To achieve a caseload at 90% of the estimated population at risk
• To promote program coordination and integration between WIC and other Maternal and Child Health and NC Department of Health and Human Services Programs
• Assure local WIC agency compliance with federal and state requirements
• Utilize eWIC to deliver WIC food benefits
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WIC Caseload
• WIC Caseload
• Determined by past performance
• Assigned Base Caseload times the per participant rate per month is how the WIC funding is established for an agency
• Current rate $15.75/base caseload participant/month
• FY16 was the first time in several years where caseload was adjusted down for agencies consistently performing below 97%
• Caseload is adjusted up once or twice per fiscal year based on performance consistently above 100%
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WIC Caseload
• In SFY16 lapsed funds from local agencies was greater than $2 million
• 24/82 local agencies lapsed > 5% of their total budget
• 9/24 lapsed > 10% of their total budget
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Caseload2012 - 2016
How Does NC Compare?
-3.0%
-4.4%
-4.1%
-5.0% -4.0% -3.0% -2.0% -1.0% 0.0%
North Carolina
SERO
National
Percent Change
WIC PROGRAM: TOTAL PARTICIPATION
June 2015 vs June 2016
Data Source: National Data Bank, USDA/Food
and Nutrition Service
NC WIC ParticipationTrends
220,000
230,000
240,000
250,000
260,000
270,000
280,000
July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June
Nu
mb
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of
Part
icip
an
ts
Months of SFY
NC WIC Program Participation by SFY
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Data Source: WIC Information System (Crossroads), Nutrition Services
Branch Department of Health & Human Services, Division of Public Health
Trends in Participation by Category
Data Source: WIC Information System (Crossroads), Nutrition Services
Branch
Department of Health & Human Services, Division of Public Health
10,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,00045,00050,00055,00060,00065,00070,00075,00080,00085,00090,00095,000
100,000105,000110,000115,000120,000125,000130,000135,000
Women Pregnant Women PostPartum
Infants Children
NC WIC PARTICIPATION BY CATEGORY
SFY 2014 SFY 2015 SFY 2016
Are you serving 97%?
18%
62%
20%
Local AgenciesServing Base Case Load in SFY 2016
75-89%
90-96%
>97%
Data Source: WIC Information System (Crossroads), Nutrition Services
Branch Department of Health & Human Services, Division of Public Health
Existing Outreach Materials
Outreach Resources
• Newspaper Article
• Sample Child Care Agency Outreach Letter
• Participant Flyer
• Sample Social Services Letter
• Partner Piece
• Sample Community Food Assistance Outreach Letter
• Media Talking Points
• Tips for Talking with Reporters
• Sample Physician Outreach Letter
• PowerPoint Presentation (updated)
Outreach Resources
• Healthy Habits, Healthy Families Fact Sheet
• WIC Makes a Healthy Difference Brochure
• Outreach Posters
• Tell Your Friends and Family tear off
• Professional Partner Piece
• Bookmarks (updated)
Outreach Resources
Outreach Resources
New Outreach Materials
Prenatal Outreach Materials
Prenatal Outreach Materials
Your
Info
Here
Recipe Cards
Recipe Cards
Recipe Cards
WIC Birthday Cards
• Designed to increase WIC child retention across the state
• Acknowledge an exciting milestone
• Remind families of WIC services and benefits
• “Your child can participate on WIC up to the age of 5!”
WIC Birthday Cards
• About the Cards:
• Available for ages 1 to 4
• English and Spanish versions
• Self-addressed envelope for each card
• Designed for customization at the local level
NWA National Recruitment & Retention Campaign
Images Adapted from NC WIC Conference NWA
Presentation, 2016
NWA National Recruitment & Retention Campaign
• What’s on the horizon?
Fall 2016
• Digital campaign
Winter 2017
• Print campaign
Forthcoming
• Local activation toolkits
Optional opt-in, participation encouraged
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NC eWIC
NC eWIC
• When will North Carolina begin using EBT?
• Pilot: October 2017 – January 2018
• Statewide Rollout: February – June 2018
WIC EBT Pilot Area
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Pilot Selection
PILOT
COUNTIES
WIC
Users
Participants Sites Sites
>3d
Desktops MICRs PG1 PG2 PG3 PG4 PG5 Vendors
Bladen 7 1116 1 1 8 1 3 1 1 1 6
Brunswick 13 2479 3 3 12 3 2 2 1 16 3 24
Columbus 9 2005 4 1 13 5 6 3 5 5 19
Duplin 9 2446 3 2 8 2 1 1 6 3 2 13
New Hanover 14 3644 1 1 27 3 2 6 0 29 10 47
Onslow 30 7284 2 2 31 3 1 1 3 16 5 26
Pender 8 1092 2 1 6 1 1 0 1 8 4 14
Totals 90 20066 16 11 105 18 7 19 15 78 30 149
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EBT Rollout
Date Rollout
Group
Notes
Jan 22, 2018 1
Feb 5, 2018 2
Feb 19, 2018 3 President’s Day
Feb 26, 2018 4
March 5, 2018 (contingency) (for rollout groups 1-3)
March 12, 2018 5
March 19, 2018 6
March 26, 2018 (contingency) (for rollout groups 1-6) March 30 = Good
Friday
April 9, 2018 7 April 1 = Easter
April 16, 2018 8
April 23, 2018 9
April 30, 2018 (contingency) (for rollout groups 1-8)
May 7, 2018 10
May 14, 2018 (contingency) (for rollout groups 1-10)
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NC eWIC
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Questions?
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